Doing The Twist

Editorial Note: Each August for the past five years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. BY DAISY PHILLIPS The trouble with “making it,” in my […]

August 10, 2017  |  Read Article

Life’s Music in the Body: An Interview with Naomi Gedo Diouf and Zakariya Diouf

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING As her husband Zak began to bop rhythms a cappella, Naomi jumped in without a moment’s hesitation. Watching her dance, I got the sense it was as natural as standing in sunlight and, in fact, she seemed to shine. Her brightly colored dress […]

October 24, 2016  |  Read Article

Miriam Wolodarski: What is Value?

Bay Area based Miriam Wolodarski tackles the “who,” “what,” “when” and “where” of her dance practice and, perhaps more importantly, the “how” and “why.” ~~ What does your current dance practice look like? I perform in one to three things a year that are not my own work, and I […]

January 14, 2016  |  Read Article

How Things Fell into Place: An Interview with Frank Shawl

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Sunlight streamed through the windows of the upstairs studio in Berkeley’s Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, the school Frank Shawl co-founded in 1958 with Victor Anderson. Whether onstage, in a classroom, or simply in conversation, Frank had an electric energy; he seemed at times to […]

October 10, 2013  |  Read Article